Roberto Casati

École Normale Supérieure; École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)

Heterogeneous cognition: how cognitive artifacts shape the mind

2018-2019: Spring

Roberto Casati, senior researcher with the French CNRS and professor at EHESS, is currently the director of Institut Jean Nicod in Paris. A philosopher of the cognitive sciences, he has made contributions to the study of visual and auditory objects and of spatial representation. His last book, the visual World of Shadows, with Patrick Cavanagh, will be published in 2019 with MIT Press. His work on Digital Colonialism has spurred debate in France and Italy. He is currently working on cognitive artifacts and spatial disorientation. 

Web page: http://www.shadowes.org/home/